
Against Innocence
Gillian Rose's Reception and Gift of Faith
Andrew Shanks(Author)
SCM Press
Published on 26. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
226 pages
978-0-334-04136-8 (ISBN)
Description
Gillian Rose (1947-1995) was a highly original, enigmatic and pugnacious thinker, whose work draws together Continental philosophy, sociology, modern / post-modern Jewish and Christian reflection on ethics. She was also, famously, a convert to Christianity, baptised into the Church of England on her deathbed, from Judaism. She has been a major influence on many contemporary thinkers, not least on the thought of the Archbishop Rowan Williams. Her writings are teasingly poetic, often forbiddingly difficult, and yet at the same time vividly accessible, at any rate through her widely praised memoir, Love's Work Here, a Church of England priest writes about Rose's thought as it relates to the future of the Church she eventually joined. A significant philosopher of this century, they believe her thinking implicitly points towards a new form of Christian self-understanding. This captivatingly well written book is the first major study of Gillian Rose's thought from a theological point of view. It aims to make the work of this highly complex thinker accessible to a wider readership.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-334-04136-8 (9780334041368)
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Andrew Shanks is canon theologian at Manchester Cathedral and honorary lecturer at the University of Manchester. Giles Fraser is the vicar of Putney and honorary lecturer at Wadham College, Oxford.